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GIVGAR BUNDLING MACHINE.

No. 365,926. Patented July 5, 18.87..

N. PETERSy Pham-Lithography. washngmn. D. C.

GUSTAV LEIST, O

CIGAR-BUNDLI vries@ PATENT F NEW YORK, N. Y.

NG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 365,926, dated July 5,1887.

Application filed November L7, 1886.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, GUsTAv Luisa?, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Bundling Machines or Blocks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is designed to furnish an improved bundling-block forcigar-packers, by which any size and number of cigars can be packedinto, bundles of any required size, so that one and the same block canbe used for the different work for which such a block is used inpractice; and the invention consists of a cigar-bundling block composedof a basepiece having longitudinal guide-slots,inclined horns madeadjustable on said basepiece, and a laterally-adjustable back havingiiXed rods guided in eyes ofthe baseboard, an adjustingscrew applied tothe back and engaging a threaded sleeve applied to the baseboard. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents aperspective view ofmy improved cigar-bundling block. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the samedrawn on a larger scale; and Fig. 3'is a vertical transverse section online .e x, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.v

A in the drawings represents a base-board, and B the rear wall or backof my improved' cigar-bundling block. The'base-board A is provided withlongitudinal slots or ways aa, and with inclined horns C @,which areguided in said ways by means of shanks a', of smaller thickness than thebody of the horns. rlhe Shanks a a are connected below the baseboard Aby a transverse piece, C', that is clamped to the under side of thebaseboard A by means of clamping-screws b Z), as shown clearly in Figs.2 and 3. The inclined horns C C may be adjusted to any distance fromeach other on the base-board A, according tothe size of the bundles tobe made. For bundling small cigars into small bundles the horns are Setcloser to each other, while for bundling large cigars or large sizes ofbundles they are moved farther away from each other. The back B isguided by horizontal rods d d, that Serial No. 219,143. (No model.)

are attached at their ends rigidly to the back B, and are guided in eyesd of the base'board A, and the back is adjusted nearer to or fan therfrom the baseboard A by a centerscrew, D, that turns in a retainingplateof the back B, and engages at its inner end an interiorlythreadedsleeve, D', attached to the underside of the base-board A. To producethe uniform adjustment at both ends of the back from the base-board,spiral springs c are placed on the rods d d, between the back B and therear guide-rings, d', as shown in Fig. 2. rlhe adjustable back B forms agage, which can be adjusted to cigars of different length, so that thefastening-ribbon can be placed centrally around the cigar-bodies andtied at the proper position on the bundle.

The bundlingblock `is used in the saine manner as the ordinarybundling-block heretofore in use, with the exception that the horns andback are rst adjusted to the size of the bundles and vlength of thecigars to be buudled. After they have been adjusted the ribbon is placedon thebase-boardlongitudinally between the two pairs of horns, close tothe fronthorns. The required number of cigarsn say from iifty to onehundredmis then placed between the inclined faces of the horns and theribbon then tied tightly around the bundle. When another size of cigaris to be bundled, the back and horns are readjusted again and the sameprocess of bundling repeated. The cigars are bundled uniformly, as theribbons are located in all the bundles of a certain size at the samepoint relatively uniform and neat appearance when packed iu the boxes. v

I am aware that cigar-bundling blocks in which adjustable horns areguided on a base board and adjusted to different distances from eachother have been used heretofore. I am also aware that a cigar-bundlingblock provided with a laterally-adjustable back has been usedheretofore, and I do not claim these features, broadly.

Having thus described my in vention,I claim as new and desire to'secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with a base-board having` to thelength of the cigars, so as to produce av longitudinal ways, ofadjustable horns guided In testimony that claim the foregoing as in SaidWays, clamps for attaching the horns to my invention I have signed myname in the the base-board, a laterally adjustable back preseneeof twosubscribing witnesses. having fixed rods guided in the eyes of theGUSTAV LEIST.

5 hase-board, an adj usting-screw applied to the Witnesses:

back, and a threaded sleeve applied to the PAUL GOEPEL, base-board,substantially as set forth. MARTIN PETRY.

